Girls' name · since 1973
Aleia
Aleia has 3,223 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,443 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #934 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,223
- born since 1973
- 2020s
- peak decade
Aleia currently ranks #934 among girls' names in America, with 3,223 babies recorded since 1973.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aleia has been recorded 3,223 times among girls since 1973, currently ranked #934 nationally and more common than 95% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #3,443 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #934 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,223 born since 1973
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aleia ranks #3,443 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #934 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,223 born since 1973, peaking in the 2020s.
- #3,443 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #934 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,223
- born since 1973
- 2020s
- peak decade
Aleia's 3,223 recorded births place it above 95.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
26 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Aleia compares
3,223 Top 18% higher than 82% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Aleia's all-time total is 9x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aleia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,223 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 279 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aleia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Aleia's full recorded timeline at 2001, 81% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 19% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 279 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Aleia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 279
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Aleia by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,468 births, 46% of the file).
2020s was Aleia's strongest decade.
1,468 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Aleia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 30
1970s
30 births
- 1980s 177
1980s
177 births
- 1990s 362
1990s
362 births
- 2000s 446
2000s
446 births
- 2010s
2010s
740 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,468 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,468 births (46% of all-time use).
How Aleia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Aleia's total volume
Aleia by state
Where Aleia concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 419 | 13.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 280 | 8.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 129 | 4.0% |
| #4 | New York | | 104 | 3.2% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 73 | 2.3% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 73 | 2.3% |
| #7 | Hawaii | | 51 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 50 | 1.6% |
419 of 3,223 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Aleia appears in 26 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Aleias (419 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Aleia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~52 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1973–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Aleia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.